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Marty, Take a look at Page-33 in SP issue 111. HP Aviation hoses.

The statement on exceeding Vne at high altitude is interesting. The article states due to the lower air density you could exceed Vne by TAS even thought the IAS is within limits however I'd argue that due to the lower air density the plane would not be likely to exceed it's structural design.

I think the rest of the article from Page 80-83 explain it in detail. Quite a good informative read. I actually picked up the previous magazine by mistake, still unopened, and found another interesting article on building your own airstrip. It seemed relevant right now 😄

Just weigh any fluid you remove.

I bought a litre of ACF50 to coat my engine and electrical connections because the aluminium had a coat of harmless surface corrosion. It did a really good job. Now I find it a very useful penetrating lubricant like WD40. It seems to dry out leaving a protective coating however it could be the warmth of the engine bay that did that.

Marty, I can't be sure but with this plastic hose it usually has a hollow ferrel up the inside to prevent it squeezing in and then an olive over the outside that compresses between the nut and the fitting it fastens to. Mine are tiny, 4mm OD tube so I bought original tube and fittings from Evektor in Europe just because I had other parts coming. If I need anything tubular air and hydraulic I think Coupler's in Malaga, WA are as good as any place to get this sort of thing. I just went there with the brake fittings off Ripper, my 1980 grader. IT took them about two hours to replicate the flexible hoses that were imperial thread and they supplied all the tube and tube nuts at the same time. Pretty much blew the budget but I got exactly what I needed. https://couplers.com.au/

I'm not totally against the police having guns however as Skippy states some of their recent shootings have been totally unnecessary and if disciplinary action is not taken against the officers responsible this sort of behaviour will continue. Our police should be trained in unarmed combat so that in most cases the offender wouldn't stand a chance. Many of our police officers are obviously physically unfit and probably unfit for active duty in these situations. However if the offenders are heavily armed and the police officer is actually in danger then the use of firearms may be the best choice. If these perpetrators are refugees or immigrants then they should be on the next plane back to their native country. It's a waste of time and resources to allow them to stay here where they should appreciate this country as a fresh start and behave appropriately. Our politicians are not doing their job when it comes to keeping Australia protected from these criminals.

I've had lots of internet trouble over the last week. I called Telstra because I couldn't get a stable connection for the Flightradar modem. They said that Telstra have just disabled the 3g network and it's upset the 4g network. The first test was done on the Nighthawk modem and the second on the iPhone hotspot.

Not yet but I'm count'n

The last thing we need is to have civilian aircraft to be seen as a potential threat. It would present the same problems as a women and children carrying machines guns. Next you see well decorated members of the armed forces charged with war crimes for taking action against civilian targets.

Our milk bottles were all washed and reused as well. We always returned the empties to be washed and returned full but that doesn't quite work with plastics. If you take a look at the old long neck beer bottles that are lying about the bush you'll see various shades of amber. The colour change depends on the percentage of other glass that was included in the recycling way back in the day.

It's all very well to look towards these clean energy sources but what is the cost in terms of pollution behind the scenes. We are mining and processing specialist minerals and metals, plastics etc but only measuring the output at the exhaust pipe. For those who remember the fossil fuel crisis of the early 70's, the whole thing is politically motivated. Australia has sufficient fossil fuel to take us into the next millennium. I can remember my primary school headmaster showing us a bottle of distillate direct from the ground at Roma. That fuel could have powered our vehicles for a fraction of the cost we've faced over the last 60 years but they were never allowed to use it. WHY? We have massive reserves of natural gas that could have been piped across the country fueling our vehicles, factories and power stations for half of the last century. Why are we roped into world prices and practises when the Australian economy could have been boosted by almost free fuel in the past and present. It's just big world politics playing games and we never get to understand WHY.

I didn't realise they had Autopilot in 1964 but hear it is in action.

Hydrogen fuel cells for aircraft.